The Veteran's right knee disability is currently rated as 10 percent disabling for limitation of motion, and a separate 10 percent rating has been granted for instability from May 1, 2021. The Board finds that the evidence does not support an increased rating for either condition.,Service connection for various secondary disabilities (right shoulder, left shoulder, right ankle, left ankle, right hip, left hip, and foot pain) is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected degenerative joint disease of the right knee does not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating based on limitation of motion. The Board finds that the current 10 percent rating adequately compensates him for painful motion. For instability, the Board finds that there is no evidence of more than slight instability warranting a separate rating under DC 5257.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Knee, Right Shoulder Disability (to include as secondary to service-connected disability), Left Shoulder Pain (to include as secondary to a service-connected disability), Right Ankle Disability (to include as secondary to a service-connected disability), Left Ankle Pain (to include as secondary to a service-connected disability), Right Hip Pain (to include as secondary to a service-connected disability), Left Hip Pain (to include as secondary to a service-connected disability), Foot Pain (claimed as nerve damage of the feet) (to include as secondary to a service-connected disability), Left Knee Pain (to include as secondary to a service-connected disability)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2024
- Citation
- 24010305
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's right knee condition is rated at 30 percent for the period beginning February 2, 2024. The rating was denied as his symptoms do not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher evaluation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased rating and TDIU due to inadequate medical examination reports in his previous case. The AOJ is instructed to arrange a new right knee examination, considering the Veteran's incarceration status.
- Denied
The Board denied an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for degenerative joint disease of the right knee.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded all substantially gainful employment for which his education and occupational experience would otherwise qualify him, from April 1, 2011, but no earlier.
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